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Tell me, how do you open a 747 nose door or side cargo door against the air stream whilst in flight Mr Clever? This is reality not a James Bond movie. Secondly, whilst loss of engine thrust can indirectly lead to a stall, it will not directly as you implied.

You clearly don't know what you're talking about. How on earth did you deduce there was an engine failure? Secondly, when was the last time an engine failure caused a pitch upset in a commercial aircraft? If anything, an engine failure will result in an extremely small/negligible pitch down...

Engine health monitoring are services provided by GE, RR and PW for commercial and some military base engines.There is nothing blackops about these services offered. Can you tell me how this kill switch "kills" the aircraft?

On the whole, a good article Fatman. However, this point re pilot staffing levels is off the mark. Airlines typically have 20-25 pilots per aircraft. PIA pilot numbers aren't too far from the norm. If I was the PIA MD, I would close down PIA engineering and contract out engineering services to...

Don't forget the 1000+ spares you'll need to keep those 300-400 going.

No studies, fruit flies? Are you kidding? Drosophilia and other 'fruit fly' families are used extensively in research and everything from their response to heat, drought, water stress, UV sensitivity, irradiation etc has been researched. Type Drosophilia into Google scholar and you'll get over...

I think it has landed on the moon.

In order to track, you need equipment on board to transmit. Transmitters are susceptible to power loss and are not high-G impact rated. Furthermore, once the transmitters have sunk, the sea acts as a huge Faraday cage scrambling signals which means only once you're in close proximity, the pings...

No you fail to understand. What I, and others are saying is that the information should be ACCURATE. At the moment, we have the Vietnamese saying one thing, Malays another and it is creating confusion!

Well honesty is the best policy. I'd rather have no information than wrong or misleading information. Finally someone understands.

Well they've wisened up and shut their traps after earlier gaffs unlike others. Given the evaporation rate and the high 20C/mid 30C temperatures of South East Asia, Kerosene will evaporate very quickly and is unlikely to leave a noticeable surface trace. If the slick is oil, it's probably a...

What value have the possible debris posts brought to this thread? Non whatsoever.

Given that all the debris thus far has turned out to be nothing related to the airliner, it would be prudent to withhold any suspect debris related posts until you are beyond any doubt.

The numbers below are for a 777-200 powered by GE-90 engines. The Malay 777 with RR engines would have slightly better climb performance. The flight was likely to be less than 230t at take-off and would have taken 20 minutes or so to climb to cruise. Given that an additional 20min elapsed at...

If they don't know (and they know very little), they shouldn't say anything other than the known facts. Even then, they should double check them prior to release. Do I need to start on how it was first mentioned the plane was flying for 2 hours then 40 minutes

The press reports coming out of Vietnam and Malaysia have been a joke which has caused untold confusion and no doubt distress for the families. Whether it's mistaking algal blooms for oil slicks or flower farms for debris, it's a joke Until your post is corroborated by better sources, I'll...

The beacons are designed to activate and ping on impact. As far as we know. this has not happened in this instance nor did it happen with AF447, nor when 100s of GA and bizzjet aircraft have ditched/crashed with certified ELTs. Regardless of whether you slam into water of 5000m or 50m, at the...

No it isn't. ELT beacons and CVR/DFDR pingers are not 100% reliable. If you recall, no signals were picked up from Air France 447 (Airbus A330).

CAL 834 just did some loops over suspect area. Flightradar24.com - Live flight tracker! As an aviator there is nothing that makes you shiver and the hair stand up on the back of your head like a downed aircraft.